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His word, His utterance; construct noun with pronominal suffix referring to God's declared word or command
This term refers to God's word, utterance, or spoken decree. In Lamentations 2:17, it appears in the phrase 'His word which He commanded'—referring to the prophetic warnings and covenant curses God had declared long beforehand. The verse asserts that the destruction of Jerusalem was not arbitrary but the fulfillment of God's explicitly stated word. The term emphasizes the spoken, declared nature of God's purposes, now being carried out in judgment.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Lamentations 2:17 uses this construct form ('His word') to reference the prophetic warnings and covenant curses God had spoken through Moses and the prophets. The destruction of Jerusalem fulfills 'His word which He commanded of old.' This theological interpretation of the catastrophe sees it not as random disaster but as the execution of long-declared divine judgment. The term stresses the verbal, declarative nature of God's purposes, now being implemented in history. 1×
AR["كَلِمَتَهُ"]·ben["তাঁর-বাক্য"]·DE["[אמרתו]"]·EN["His-word"]·FR["[אמרתו]"]·heb["אמרתו"]·HI["अपनी-बात"]·ID["firman-Nya"]·IT["[אמרתו]"]·jav["pangandika-nipun"]·KO["그-말씀-을"]·PT["Sua-palavra"]·RU["слово-Своё"]·ES["su-palabra"]·SW["neno-lake"]·TR["sözünü-onun"]·urd["اپنا-کلام"]
Related Senses
H0559 1. say, speak, tell (5297×)G3004 1. say, tell, speak (2226×)H1696 1. speak, say, tell (Piel) (1105×)H7121 1. call, summon, name (575×)H6680 1. command, order, charge (483×)H6030b 1. answer, respond, reply (289×)G2980 1. speak, talk (277×)H5046 1. Hifil: to tell, report (237×)G0611 1. answer or respond verbally (232×)H1288 1. Piel: bless, invoke blessing (227×)H7650 1. swear, take an oath (Niphal) (154×)H3789 1. Qal passive participle: written, recorded (112×)H1984b 1. praise, laud (Piel) (111×)H7592 1. ask, inquire, question (96×)H3034 1. give thanks, praise (Hifil) (94×)G1321 1. teach, instruct actively (92×)H3789 2. Qal active: write, compose (89×)G1125 1. to write, compose (a letter or document) (84×)H5046 2. Hifil: to declare, proclaim (79×)H7892a 1. song, musical composition (78×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [אֶמְרָה] n.f. id., only אֶמְרָתוֹ אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה La 2:17.